WGN News Presents: 2019 Mayoral Forum Thursday at 7PM

09 Jan WGN News Presents: 2019 Mayoral Forum Thursday at 7PM

CHICAGO, January 9, 2019 – Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV will air a Chicago mayoral candidates forum this Thursday, January 10 from 7pm-8:30pm CT, LIVE from Steinmetz College Prep, located at 3030 N. Mobile Avenue in Chicago. WGN News anchors Lourdes Duarte and Tahman Bradley will moderate the forum of current candidates running to be the next mayor of Chicago. The event is being hosted by Alderman Gilbert Villegas of the 36th Ward. The forum will be broadcast live and commercial-free on WGN-TV, CLTV and WGNTV.com
The following candidates will appear:

Dorothy Brown, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk

Gery Chico, former President of the Chicago Public School Board

Amara Enyia, policy consultant and community activist, Director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce

Robert Fioretti, former Chicago City Alderman and candidate for mayor in 2015

La Shawn Ford, member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 8th District

Neal Sales-Griffin, entrepreneur, educator, and CEO of CodeNow

Jerry Joyce, former Assistant States Attorney

John Kozlar, neighborhood activist and attorney

Lori Lightfoot, former president of the Chicago Police Board and former Assistant U.S. Attorney

Garry McCarthy, former Chicago Police Department Superintendent

Susana Mendoza, Illinois Comptroller and former City Clerk of Chicago

Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President and Chairwoman of the Cook County Democratic Party

Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools

Willie Wilson, businessman and philanthropist

Following the forum, WGN News will also present “Decision 2019: The Race for Mayor” from 8:30pm to 9pm CT on WGN-TV, CLTV and WGNTV.com. The half-hour analysis of the forum will be anchored by WGN’s Micah Materre and Joe Donlon, featuring a panel of political experts.

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